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Robert Owen : Owen of New Lanark and New Harmony

"Robert Owen was one of the most important and controversial figures of his generation. Born in 1771, he lived through the Age of Revolutions and was personally touched by the ideas and dramatic changes that characterised that era. Profiting enormously during the first half of his life from the rise of industry, he devoted much of his time thereafter to espousing a social and economic philosophy which would serve as a corrective to what he saw as the excesses of 'progress'. Much of this derived from his own experience in managing cotton mills and strongly emphasised the importance of environment, education and, ultimately, co-operation. He gained fame, even notoriety, as a social reformer, applying radical ideas in mills at New Lanark, and subsequently at the experimental community of New Harmony, Indiana, USA. Long after this death in 1858 his ideas continued to inspire others. The hagiography generated by his disciples did neither his name nor reputation much good, since they transformed the 'Social Father' of their movement into the 'Father of Socialism', a sobriquet that ill fits him, yet it sticks to this day. Ian Donnachie's study is the first full biography of Owen for over fifty years."--Jacket.Read more...

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Robert Owen was one of the most controversial figures of his generation. He lived through the Age of Revolutions and was touched by the ideas and dramatic changes that characterised that era. This is a biographical study of his life.Read more...

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